Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
-spsorALooRRnsposDExor OF TIVE MONITOR

WASHINGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE MONITOR
Washington. Dec. 1911.
1t was an impressive spectacle iu
the house of representatives, when
Speaker Carlisle showed his sense of
fairness, and his appreciation of the
prophecies, by voluntarily retiring
from the chair and calling upon the
members to relieve him of the re-
sponsibility of appointing the COM
mittee of elections, to pass upon the
various contested cases. his own in
Guided. The house complied with
the request, and this committee, as
lately constituted is considered the
strongest in years. Mr.. Crisp of
Georgia being chairman. 1t is quite
probable. for obvious reasons, that
the Carlisle-Thobe case will be the
first one disposed of, but none of
them are likely to be taken up until
! some time after the holiday recess,
which is to be from the 23d inst. I'M
til the 18th prox.
For the first time during the ses-
sion, the proceedings Of the house
were enlivened the past week by po-
litical discussion on the tariff, III
which there was some sharp sparring
between Messrs. Reed, Hatch and
Cox. The passage between the gen
tleman from Maine and the gentleman
from New York, recalls their witty
sallies of the past, when they so Of
ten furnished merriment for their col
leagues. and the frequenters of the
galleries. Mr.. Allen, Of Mississippi,
who is one of the few privates from
the South in congress, has also come
to the front as one of the wits of the
house, and these three are expected
to keep on hand a fresh stock of fun
to be given out occasionally, as the
members can stand it, during the
whole session.
The usual pressure for choice as
signments on committees is being
brought to bear on the speaker, much
of his time, when he desires to be
otherwise engaged, being consumed
in such opportunities. There are
fully 200 ambitious statesmen anx-
ious to serve on the ways and means
committee. There appears to be no
reason to doubt that Mr.. Mills of |
Texas, is to be its chairman.
In the senate, business is fairly I'M |
der Roadway, and scores of bills, |
many of them back number bills
some couched in new language-are |
being brought forward and urged for |
consideration.
Among the number may be men |
toned Senator Chambers bill for fed |
eral supervision and regulation of |
congressional elections in the states |
of South Carolina, Florida, MISSISSIPPI
pi and Louisiana, for the alleged pur- !
pose of securing free and fair elections |
in those states, though there are
those who believe that the manufac- |
ture of political capital IS the real
end in view. There are grave doubts
about the constitutionalitv of this |
measure.
Senator Cullom's bill for the United |
States postal telegraph appropriates
the sum of four million dollars for |
the construction of lines of telegraph |
to connect the chief cities of the
country, and provides for the regula- |
ton of charges, and the appointment |
of employees. This measure has warm !
advoeates,as well as bitter opponents, |
and it is impossible to foretell its fate. |
Senator Stewards bin provides that |
gold certificates be legal tender,and |
that no gold shall be coined hereafter
except to meet coin obligations, and |
also proposes the repeal of the act of |
Feb. %, 1878, requiring the coinage |
of two million silver dollars monthly.
Senator Farwell's bin prohibiting
the immigration of paupers, convicts
and other Objectionable persons from
foreign countries into the United
States, and in case of their coming,
providing that they be forthwith re-
turned, seems worthy of commenda-
ton, if properly enforced. While
this country is large eI8ugh to vel
come many millions more from the
old worlds swarming shores, there
is no room in our broad borders for
anarchists and the criminal classes.
Eugene Higgins, the ''otfensive
PARTISAN who has long been the
aversion of the Mugwump supporters
of the president, has resigned, to
take affect on New Years day there
are those who think that the retire
ment of Higgins was caused by a
broad intimation from Mr.. Cleveland
that his services were not indispensa-
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